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The Media Chart for Feb. 12: O.J. Guilty of Boosting Ratings

You'll Never Guess What Won Broadcast

Published on February 12, 2016.

Credit: Credit: Ray Mickshaw/FX

The Media Chart is a weekly look at what's topping the rankings and the ratings.

It's no surprise that the Super Bowl won the broadcast TV week in a blowout, far surpassing CBS's "The Big Bang Theory" in second and ABC's Republican debate in New Hampshire at third. Interestingly, CBS's show about Super Bowl commercials came in fourth.

Over on the cable side, a sea of cable news coverage of the ongoing primaries was trumped by FX's "The People vs. O.J. Simpson." And in magazine land, Forbes won the battle for total audience in business titles in December.

TV RATINGSWeek Ending Sunday, Feb. 7

BROADCAST

Rank

Program

Network

Rating

1

Super Bowl 50

CBS

46.6

2

The Big Bang Theory

CBS

9.2

3

Republican Debate: N.H.

ABC

8.0

4

Super Bowl Great Commercials

CBS

6.9

5

American Idol (Wednesday)

Fox

5.5

6

Life in Pieces

CBS

5.5

7

American Idol (Thursday)

Fox

5.4

8

Chicago Fire

NBC

5.3

9

The Bachelor (Mon., 8 p.m.)

ABC

5.0

10

X-Files

Fox

5.0

CABLE

Rank

Program

Network

Rating

1

The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story

FX

3.2

2

Primaries: Iowa Caucus (Mon., 10 p.m.)

FoxNC

3.1

3

Primaries: Iowa Caucus (Mon., 9 p.m.)

FoxNC

2.8

4

Democratic Debate, N.H.

MSNBC

2.8

5

Primaries: Iowa Caucus (Mon., 10 p.m.)

CNN

2.7

6

Primaries: Iowa Caucus (Mon., 11 p.m.)

FoxNC

2.7

7

Primaries: Iowa Caucus (Mon., 8 p.m.)

FoxNC

2.6

8

Primaries: Iowa Caucus (Mon., 9 p.m.)

CNN

2.4

9

Gold Rush

DISC

2.4

10

Fixer Upper

HGTV

2.3

Source: The Nielsen Company. Television rating is based on 115.8 million households for live and same-day viewing of programs of at least 30 minutes duration.

DOMESTIC BOX OFFICE 2016Year-to-Date Through Sunday, Feb. 7

Rank

Film

Studio

Gross (Millions)

1

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Buena Vista

$906.0

2

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2

Lionsgate

281.0

3

The Martian

Fox

228.0

4

Spectre

Sony

199.6

5

Hotel Transylvania 2

Sony

169.6

6

The Revenant

Fox

149.7

7

Daddy's Home

Paramount

145.3

8

The Peanuts Movie

Fox

129.9

9

The Good Dinosaur

Buena Vista

120.5

10

Creed

Warner Bros.

109.0

Source: BoxOfficeMojo.com. Box office gross for films in theaters since Jan. 1; asterisk indicates film is still in theaters.

DVD RENTALSWeek Ending Sunday, Feb. 7

Rank

Film

Days in Release

Studio

1

The Last Witch Hunter

5

Lionsgate

2

Goosebumps

12

Sony Pictures

3

The Visit

33

Universal

4

Hotel Transylvania 2

26

Sony Pictures

5

Hitman: Agent 47

40

Fox

6

Ted 2

54

Universal

7

Bridge of Spies

5

Disney/DreamWorks

8

Burnt

12

Anchor Bay

9

Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials

54

Fox

10

Sicario

33

Lionsgate

Source: Home Media Magazine.

MAGAZINE AUDIENCEDecember 2015

Business

Rank

Property

Audience (Millions)

Change

1

Forbes

55.9

32.5%

2

Bloomberg Businessweek

35.2

26.0

3

Wired

17.0

6.0

4

Fortune

16.5

34.6

5

Money

9.8

0.6

General Interest

Rank

Property

Audience (Millions)

Change

1

AARP

47.7

0.9%

2

National Geographic

35.8

-6.4

3

Reader's Digest

22.0

-15.2

4

Vanity Fair

19.0

18.4

5

The Atlantic

18.9

64.5

Source: MPA - The Magazine Association. Total print and digital audience; change is over December 2014.

DIGITAL SONGSWeek Ending Thursday, Feb. 4

Rank

Title

Artist

Label

1

Pillowtalk

Zayn Malik

RCA

2

Summer Sixteen

Drake

Republic

3

Work

Rihanna

Roc Nation

4

Stressed Out

twenty one pilots

Fueled By Ramen

5

Love Yourself

Justin Bieber

Island/Def Jam

6

My House

Flo Rida

Atlantic/Poe Boy

7

Hello

Adele

XL /Columbia

8

One Call Away

Charlie Puth

Atlantic

9

Me, Myself & I

G-Eazy and Bebe Rexha

RCA

10

Hands to Myself

Selena Gomez

Interscope

Source: Billboard.

ADVERTISING ON TVJan. 26 - Feb. 9

Rank

Program

Total Spots

Spend

1

Super Bowl 50

181

$412,114,947

2

NBA Basketball

611

40,038,599

3

2016 NHL All-Star Game

151

31,292,962

4

SportsCenter

967

27,474,685

5

College Basketball

1,211

24,666,192

6

The Big Bang Theory

518

23,438,202

7

Grease: Live

63

18,259,500

8

American Idol

152

18,227,800

9

PGA Tour Golf

418

17,835,202

10

Keeping Up With the Kardashians

660

16,778,029

Source: iSpot.tv. Data calculated as of 10:45 p.m. EST on 2/9/16, for total spots (the number of commercials shown on a program from Jan. 26 through Feb. 9) and estimated advertising spend.